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JesseWorkspot Community Manager

Creating Workspot Cloud Desktop Pool on Azure

Creating Workspot Cloud Desktop Pools on Azure Add pools with the "Resources > Desktop Pools > Add Pool" button. Desktop pools can be created by Control users with full Administrator access. To create a desktop pool 1. Log into Workspot Control. 2. Click “Resources > Cloud Desktop Pools > Add Pool.” The “Create Your Cloud Desktop Pool” page appears. Fill in the form as described below. Note: Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required. 3. Select Datacenter/Cloud. Select the Workspot Cloud Config configured for Azure. 4. Desktop Pool Type. Selects a pool of either persistent or a non-persistent desktops. Persistent desktops are allocated permanently to a single user. Non-persistent desktops are reallocated between user sessions. 5. *Select Template. Selects the desktop image template to use for the desktops. Ignoring the search field, click the “Search” button to display the “Select a Template” popup. In the “Select a Template” popup, click the “Search” button

JesseWorkspot Community Manager

Creating a Gateway Cluster in Azure

Creating a Gateway Cluster in Azure Building Gateway Clusters Gateway Policy Prior to creating a Gateway Cluster, you will need to create a Gateway Policy. To do this login to Control and navigate to Policies and click on ‘Add a new Policy’. Provide a name for your Gateway Policy and select ‘Gateway’ as the Policy type. The default Policy has no Overrides defined and as you see in the example below if you want to enable an override just simply select the ones you want to add a check mark. Click ‘Add Policy’ when complete. Now we are ready to create a Gateway Cluster. Create Gateway Cluster A Gateway Cluster is a highly available construct that contains the Gateway Server virtual machines for a given region. These gateways provide secure access to the Cloud PCs. To scale the cluster just add more gateways as needed. Workspot Control silently provides the list of available gateway servers to the Workspot client. You may also hear the term Managed Gateways or A

JesseWorkspot Community Manager

Creating Workspot Templates in Azure

Creating Workspot Templates in Azure Template Creation In Azure, Workspot supports creating Azure Marketplace VMs from Workspot Control. To create a template, login to Workspot Control and navigate to Setup > Cloud and click on the Cloud Subscription where you want to create the template. This will take you to where the templates for a given cloud provider are managed. Click on ‘Build Template’ to start the process. Step through the selections as shown in the screenshot below. The region also includes the virtual network where the template will be created. Choose whether this will be a desktop template or an RDS Server template. Select the OS build and provide a name for the template. The Template VM selection applies a base vcpu, ram and disk size. Control will resize the Cloud PC’s during the provisioning process so there is no need for a template for every possible size. The ‘Notes’ field a f

JesseWorkspot Community Manager

Creating a Service Principal in Azure

Creating a Service Principal in Azure Register the Workspot Application In the Azure Portal under Azure AD select ‘App Registrations’ and click on ‘New Registration’ Fill out the page as shown below and click on register. The next step is to select the App you just created and then select ‘Certificates & secrets’ to set the key and the key expiration. Create the Client secret and set the expiration date and make sure you retrieve the secret key value before leaving the page. This secret key value is referred to as the ‘Application Key’ in Control. To create the Service Principal in Control you will need the following information. Subscription ID Application ID Application Key Tenant ID Provide Permissions to the Workspot App The next step is to go into IAM on the Workspot Subscription to add the Workspot app so that control can connect to the IaaS in the targeted Subscription only. Click on ‘Add’ and search for the WorkspotApp

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Fireside Chat with the New Workspot President & COO Brad Tompkins!Thursday September 28th

Join us for a behind-the-scenes conversation with the new President and COO of Workspot, Brad Tompkins! Brad is just off his prior role steering IGEL on a rocket ship ride of global growth, largely directly in the VDI/EUC markets, and we couldn't be happier that he's joined Workspot and ready to recreate the magic! Please join us to hear from Brad on his plans for the future of Workspot. His executive sales experience at IGEL and Citrix give him a big advantage driving the strategic direction of our cloud-native Enterprise VDI Platform. And maybe best of all, his motto is "if you're not flying, you're not trying" - yes he believes in getting out and connecting with customers and partners in the field. It's all about building relationships and trust.That said, come and join us, ask your questions, and hear firsthand from the Master himself on the future of Workspot. We have a great product and now with Brad? Well, you can learn all about it on Thursday.Regis

JesseWorkspot Community Manager

Hear how Israel's Family Court Lowered Service Tickets and gave their Workforce Freedom to Connect from Anywhere

By leveraging Google Cloud and its partner Workspot, Israel's Family Court has been able to make more and better services available to users, reduce the number of customer service tickets, and allow its workforce to work from anywhere. Hear the details directly from the source:

JesseWorkspot Community Manager

Hear how Landis and Gyr is Using Workspot and GCP to Reduce Desktop Delivery Time by 75%

Landis+Gyr is the world leader in smart meter energy management and clean energy, all aimed at impacting climate change. Based on their corporate values around sustainability, the company chose Workspot to modernize end user computing. Using Workspot persistent and non-persistent virtual desktops, running on both Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, the solution reflects Landis+Gyr’s sustainability values while delivering the agility they need to accelerate product innovation for their customers, and reduce global warming at scale. Here the Details directly from the source:

michaelk4workspotWorkspotter

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Enhancing Workspot Security Posture with CyberArk and Qualys

Enhancing Workspot Security Posture with CyberArk and Qualys Executive SummaryIn an era of heightened cybersecurity threats, organizations must implement stringent security measures to protect sensitive information and guarantee the continuity of their businesses in this age of increased cybersecurity threats. CyberArk and Qualys are essential cybersecurity solutions that can dramatically improve an organization's security posture if appropriately implemented. Since Workspot is the industry's preeminent provider of cloud-native EUC solutions, it makes excellent use of these features. This article elucidates how Workspot incorporates CyberArk and Qualys into its security strategy, fortifying its defenses against potential cyberattacks.CyberArkCyberArk is a leading provider of Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Cloud Entitlement Manager (CEM) solutions. It safeguards privileged accounts, which are often primary targets for cyber attacks due to their high level of access and control o

michaelk4workspotWorkspotter

Optimizing Cloud Costs with Workspot: A Strategic Approach to Achieving Lower TCO

Optimizing Cloud Costs with Workspot: A Strategic Approach to Achieving Lower TCO In the dynamic realm of cloud computing, the primary objective for corporate leaders is to attain a diminished Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Workspot, an innovative leader in this field, has developed carefully designed approaches to assist clients in navigating the intricacies of this challenging area. They offer the assurance of optimal and predictable Cloud PC expenses across various public cloud platforms. This paper provides an in-depth analysis of Workspot's Power Management and Time Limit Policies, highlighting their collaborative effects in assisting customers in maximizing their cloud cost efficiency, mitigating unforeseen expenditures, and reinforcing Cloud PC Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Reducing TCO is Goal #1Cloud PCs significantly transform the company environment by substituting intricate virtual desktop systems on-premises. They effectively handle essential tasks and enable contempora

Robert PlamondonWorkspotter

Workspot Control Release Notes

Workspot Control R17.7.1 Notes

Workspot Control R17.7.1 Notes Document status: PreviewLast updated: September 15, 2023 Highlights Scheduled for September 23, 2023, with the update occurring between 0200-0300 UTC. The Control “Reports” tab no longer shows the previous Reports page. Instead, it has buttons to open new tabs for Workspot Trends (which contains the new reports) and Workspot Watch. What to Expect During the Update Window Control will go offline at some point during the update window listed above. This is expected to last no more than ten minutes in total.How this affects Control Administrators:Control Administrators The Control UI becomes unavailable or unresponsive. Control tasks that were in progress when maintenance started may need to be repeated. Best practice: Avoid using the Control UI during the maintenance window. At a minimum, verify that tasks started in this period have completed, using Event log messages. Client Users Existing desktop/app sessions will continue to run normally. New pers

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